Deer can eat your whole garden, and short of a six foot chain link fence, there is only one other foolproof for guaranteeing that deer cannot eat your backyard garden.
A fence won’t always stop a determined deer:
The best way to keep deer away from your garden is to use the B. F. Skinner operant condition approach as he mentions in the book “Walden Two”. It’s a simple aversion techniques that is guaranteed to keep deer away from your garden or backyard.
I hear that cats can chase off deer:
Deer love peanut butter
It’s well know that deer love peanut butter and they can smell it a mile away:
The best way to keep deer out of your garden is to follow these steps:
1 - Buy a few jars of cheapo peanut butter at the dollar store.
2 – Set-up an electric wire at 3-4 feet above the ground.
3 – Dip some rags in the peanut butter and tie it to the electrified fence.
The deer will be attracted to the peanut butter, start licking and find it to be a rather shocking experience.
The deer will quickly learn to avoid your garden.
Deer can even get into your pumpkin patch:
